I have been a self employed contractor for more than 10 years now in the auditing industry. I audited retail companies and found money for them that was due because of overpayments, duplicate payments, and incorrect prices they paid their suppliers. I worked for a company that got me the accounts (clients) and I had to split the money with them. Technically though, I have been self employed. You can read more about me at my who is DayJobNuker post.

My job was GREAT financially in the beginning but in the last 5 years or so, things have been deteriorating. Computers have meant less mistakes being made and thus less money for me to find. But the downturn in the economy has really made it hard to make a living in this industry as some retail stores have gone out of business, had to restructure, or had to cutback on their purchases. All those things mean less money for me and in some cases, I just plain haven’t been paid.

Did I Nuke My Day Job?

Technically NO. I started this blog just about 4 years ago because I had begun to really dislike my job and I could see things starting to change. The writing was on the wall as they say. I coined the term “dayjobnuker” and to me it means being able to kiss your job goodbye because you have something BETTER lined up. Being able to go into your employer and telling them you quit because you don’t NEED your job is what DayJobNuker is all about.

Unfortunately, it looks like I was NOT able to do that because I would still like to have my job (with the economy being so poor) but see no reason in continuing with something that doesn’t pay enough to make it worthwhile. So, I’m quitting but not for the reason I would like: I’m really giving up which is by no means a victory.

What’s Next?

I’m not sure but I do have this blog and a few others that make money so I will continue harder than ever with that. I remember the day I decided I was going to learn how to make money by doing affiliate marketing and I am so glad I did because I have money coming in every month that I will now need. I am hoping that my new found freedom will allow me to fully concentrate on my online business endeavors which will bring income to new heights.

One thing I have learned online is that it takes WORK, and a lot of it, if you want to do well. There are no shortcuts and no magic formulas for anyone that wants to succeed and make money online. An Internet business can be very rewarding because you are your own boss and can thus do what you want when you want to. However, you need to be able to focus and put in the effort that will give you the best chance of success. Wish me luck!

Money = Options

Having money does not bring happiness but it can certainly contribute to it. Money gives you options and the more options you have will usually make you more happy. Money also gives you freedom and most of us want to be free. I think it is documented that people are happier in a free country than in one that under strict government rule. That is why there is such a deep divide in the United States right now between those that want to be free and those that want the government to play a bigger role in our lives.

If you are poor and have very little, it may seem like money equals happiness. The whole concept of the state’s lotteries are predicated on the notion that your life will be spectacularly wonderful if you win the lottery. But have you noticed who plays the lotteries week after week? It is those who probably shouldn’t be throwing their money away in the first place. It is the poor and the working class who are dreaming of how happy their life would be if only they could win. The lotteries are really a tax on the poor and on those who can’t afford it.

Why Are You Looking For Money?

We are all looking for ways to make money online. Some of us think we are looking for it to become happy and others are looking for it so that they can have more options. I am one that wants it so that I can have more options. I want to be free of the office job and being able to make money online and work at home will give me more options. It will allow me the ability I desire to be able to go where I want when I want. It will allow me to work from home early in the morning or late at night, whichever one suits me at the moment. It will allow me to live my life on my terms and that will contribute to my happiness. It won’t give me happiness, but it will give me a push in that direction.

I wonder what people really want from the computer now days? There are so many people who seem to be looking for ways to make money without a job and yet I wonder what they are really hoping to find? Are they looking for ways to just make some extra spending cash or are they really looking to find a way to make significant money without working? When a Mom goes online and searches for “work at home jobs”, is she a mother who is hoping to make an extra dollar to supplement the families income or is she looking for work from home jobs where she can really make a full-time income while taking care of her children? What are all these people really hoping to find through the magic of their computer? Are they really just looking for happiness?

I am not sure what I am going to do with this blog/website. I have asked several people and I have had mixed answers including stick with it, trash it, and try to sell it to some sucker (uhh…I don’t mean you Sucker).

One problem I have, and many others have as well, is that Google penalized me from a PR3 down to a PR0. Before I knew better, I wrote 3 paid posts and had 2 paid links from (I don’t even want to name those companies anymore). I have deleted those ads and posts over three months ago and they still have me at zero.  This impacts be I believe because it lessens the amount I can sell this blog for.

From what I understand, no one knows for sure whether these penalized sites like mine will ever be given back their page rank. I contacted Google and admitted I violated their terms and told them I was taking everything down. I did take everything down but nothing has changed. It is frustrating when you see other bigger sites blatently advertising paid posts and links like it is just fine. They don’t seem to lose their page rank and they make money off the sucker newbies.

For now I am going to keep the blog and post whenever I can. My subscriber numbers will go down, as will the readership – I know that. I have no idea what I will post, when I will post, or what the quality of my posts will be. Actually, you might have noticed that both the quantity and quality of my posts have been going down this year. The bottom line is that I just don’t care that much anymore and having a blog like this is not the way to make money on the Internet. I have made money with this blog, somewhere between $250 and $300 per month, but that amount does not warrant the time spent.

I am working to change the wording of some of my past posts to get better rankings in the search engines. I really never paid too much attention to that and now I regret it. This blog makes some money by just sitting here and getting some hits from the search engines. I would love to get more search engine hits and fewer regular readers. (I want both kinds of readers but the people coming from the search engines make me more money) So far, I am having a little bit of success at getting more Google hits but I have a long way to go.

I also am not ready to give up the DayJobNuker.com name. A lot of people like it (at least that’s what they have told me) and it is a catchy .com name. It seems that even if I were to someday end this blog, the name could be used to sell an ebook or something. You know, like DayJobKiller.

I’m still looking for work from home jobs and ways to nuke my job but this blog is not the solution. Unfortunately it is taking time away from finding and working on that solution.